# fervor
## English
### Alternative forms

* fervour (Commonwealth)

### Etymology

From Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor (“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere (“to boil, be hot”); see fervent.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈfɝvɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

fervor (countable and uncountable, plural fervors)
* (American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
    The coach trains his water polo team with fervor.
* (American spelling) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
* (American spelling) Heat.

#### Synonyms

* (passionate enthusiasm): fire in the belly, zeal

#### Derived terms

* fervorent
* fervorless
* fervorous

#### Related terms

* fervent
* fervid
* fever

#### Translations

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#### Further reading

* “fervor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “fervor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “fervor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* frover

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fervōrem. First attested in the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [fərˈbor]
* IPA: (Balearic) [fərˈvo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [feɾˈvoɾ]

### Noun

fervor m or (archaic or poetic) f (plural fervors)
* fervor

#### Derived terms

* fervorós

#### Related terms

* fervent

### References

* ↑ “fervor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

* “fervor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “fervor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “fervor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fervōrem.

### Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)
* fervor (passionate enthusiasm)
* the act of boiling
    Synonym: fervura

#### Related terms

* afervoar
* fervoroso

### Further reading

* “fervor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “fervor” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Latin
### Etymology

From ferveō +‎ -or.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfer.u̯or/, [ˈfɛru̯ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfer.vor/, [ˈfɛrvor]

### Noun

fervor m (genitive fervōris); third declension
* boiling heat
* fermenting
* ardour, passion, fury
* intoxication

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: fervor
* → French: ferveur
* → Galician: fervor
* → Italian: fervore
* → Occitan: fervor
* → Portuguese: fervor
* → Spanish: fervor

### References

* “fervor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “fervor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* fervor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Middle English
### Noun

fervor
* Alternative form of fervour

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin fervor. Attested from the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Noun

fervor f (plural fervors)
* fervor
    Synonym: ardor

#### Related terms

* fervent
* fervorós

### References

* ↑ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 271.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fervōrem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /feʁˈvoʁ/ [feɦˈvoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /feʁˈvoʁ/ [feɦˈvoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /feɾˈvoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /feʁˈvoʁ/ [feʁˈvoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /feɻˈvoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨɾˈvoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨɾˈvoɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /fɨɾˈboɾ/ [fɨɾˈβoɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fɨɾˈvo.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: fer‧vor

### Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)
* fervour (passionate enthusiasm)

#### Related terms

* fervente
* fervoroso

### Further reading

* “fervor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin fervōrem. Doublet of hervor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feɾˈboɾ/ [feɾˈβ̞oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: fer‧vor

### Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)
* fervor
    Synonym: ardor

#### Related terms

* ferviente
* fervoroso

### Further reading

* “fervor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10